MWAT - WATermark restaurant on kits beach - a review

maverick73

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Went there on the weekend for a celebration of sorts. Man, it's been a long time since I've been to Kits beach. Brings back many fond memories. When I was younger without a worry in the world, I used to make a 1 hour trip taking 2-3 different buses including transfers every Saturday and Sunday to just lay there in the sun, listen to the "ghettoblaster", read a book, or play some beach volleyball.

I remember the only food available at the time was a concession stand that basically sold bad hot dogs, burgers, and fish and chips... but because it was the beach and you could smell the ocean, somehow the food always tasted better than it really was.

So here I was at the Watermark with a classy sexy lady in her summer dress, matching shoes and painted toes... it was like summer in April! Wow, have things ever changed at Kits. This ain't no "concession stand." I was really looking forward to sampling the food. The place was packed and they said seating would take about 40 minutes. F$ck that... we'll sit at the bar...

One of the risks of going to a new restaurant is not knowing the staff... anyways, we got stuck with a b$tch who has jealous cunt bitch syndrome or JCBS for short... the type that gives u bad service because the lady you're with is hotter than her. That is why one of my golden rules at restaurants is to always request the QUEEN BITCH... I mean BEE... the one that appreciates hotness in other girls, instead of letting her insecurities show.

In no particular order:
1. Lady asked for a napkin to wipe the caesar that spilled into her sweater. The server just took her sweet time and seemed to enjoy the caesar working it's way in and staining the sweater. Stupid b$tch.

2. Service was slow... took almost an hour to get grilled salmon and fries for crying out loud. $17 and the salmon was only average and fries were nothing to write home about. I much prefer the salmon dish at Earls where u get a beautiful salmon filet and 2 nutricious and tasty sides. Furthermore, chowder was uninspired and needed more cream... and I could get better garlic bread at SaveOnFoods and stick it in the toaster oven. Only saving grace was the shrimp cocktail with avacado sauce. Those were yummy.

3. OMG, they charge for refills on Ice Tea! $7.50 for 3 ice teas. I thought free refills was pretty much industry standard in the "casual category" restaurants. Waitress was more than happy to keep offering them to me without even notifying me there was an extra charge each time. Stupid b$tch.

F=Food
S=Service
A=Atmosphere
L=Location

F: 6 - overpriced and on the same level as Rickis ... not Earls, Cactus Club, Joey Tomatoes, etc. Maybe I just ordered their worst dish... on paper, some of the dishes looked really good...

S: 5 - If the place is that busy, hire more staff... hire hotter girls that don't have JCBS syndrome.

A: 8 - the view of the beach was great, the design of the restaurant was nice and the place was jamming.

L: 9 - on the beach, ample parking, great for a walk on the beach after dinner to burn those calories and get some fresh air

Repeat? I wanna give them a 2nd chance. Next time I will just ask the hostess to set us up with the hottest server, preferably on the porch and I will try ordering something different.
 

bonanzabob

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I think that restaurant was put together by Mark James, who has that restaurant on Broadway (called Mark James), and a Brew pub in Yaletown (don't remember the name)
 

Ilovethemall

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Hey Mav,

I have only been there twice but each time the service and food were good.....did you try and nail the server???
 

maverick73

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Earl's is still my favourite overall

So this past weekend I was gettin' my oil changed and I had an hour to kill so I made a nice healthy walk over to the Lougheed Earl's. For whatever reason, I haven't had much luck at this particular Earl's. I remember one time they served what appeared to be "rewashed" pasta... but they made up for it by taking it off the bill... The server actually recognized me from when she worked at a different Earls. We didn't even ask... she just offered to take it off the bill... then again, when you use the word "rewashed pasta" it kinda sounds pretty bad... should have seen the look on her face when we said that. It was priceless. "REWASHED???" :eek: :eek:

Anyways, this particular day would finally be my lucky day. I was served by a nice lady named Mandy. I ordered a hamburger, no mayo, dijon and reg. mustard mixed together instead, extra pickle, and chowder instead of fries.... button (not sliced and sauteed) mushrooms not on the burger, but on the side. Got all that? Good! She got all that memorized and brought it out perfect. Impressive. She just had this great attitude about wanting to make everything right for the patron and going out of her way. "Can I get anything else for you? Is everything to your satisfaction? Are you sure I can't get you another ice tea?" I like it when u can hear sincerity in their voice and their not just going thru the motions, repeating a bunch of lines that they are supposed to say to every customer.

3 refills on the ice tea (all included of course) and I never had to wait... even when I told her I'd had enough and had to kill a few more minutes while waiting for my car, she still insisted on another ice tea. I said no, but she's like "are you sure? it's on the house." No, I don't want to trouble you... "Really, it's no trouble at all. Let me bring u another one." Awww shuks... how can I say no to that?

I got a list of 1-2 good servers in my cell phone for each location I visit, but never one for the lougheed earl's... finally, I have an entry for that location... and her name is Mandy... treat her well... tell her Mav sent ya ;).

She wore a brown leather skirt, high heel boots, and conservative top. Hair and makeup done nicely without being slutty! She gets 8 for looks, 9.5 for attitude, and 9.0 for service. Good stuff!
 
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